Books For Children about Skin Color

Recommended by Katie Kissinger

“All the Colors We Are: the story of how we get our skin color.”  Katie Kissinger; 1994; Redleaf Press

“All the Colors of the Earth”.  Sheila Hamanaka;1994; Morrow and Co.

“Black is Brown is Tan”.  Arnold Adoff;  1973; Harper Collins

“Bright Eyes, Brown Skin”  Hudson and Ford; 1990; Just us Books

“The Color of Us”  Karen Katz; 1999; Holt and Co.

“You be me, I’ll be You” Pili Mandelbaum; 1990; Kane/Miller Publishers

“Shades of Black” Pinkney and Pinkney; 2000; Scholastic

“We are all Alike…We are all Different” Cheltenham Elementary Kindergartners; 1991; Scholastic

“Why does that Man have such a Big Nose?” Mary Beth Quinsey; 1986; Parenting Press

“What Color Are You?” Darwin Walton; 1973  Johnson Publishing

“Noelle’s Brown Book” Claudia Lamperti; 1979; New Victoria Publishers

“The Milestone Project” The Tricycle Project; 2004

“Skin Again” bell hooks; 2004; Jump at the Sun, Hyperion Books for Children

“Sister Anne’s Hands” Mary Beth Lorbiecki; 1998; Puffin Books

“The Other Side” Jacqueline Woodson; 2001; Putman’s Sons